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Kirkstall Lock Traditional Cache

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Hidden : 2/28/2004
Difficulty:
1.5 out of 5
Terrain:
1 out of 5

Size: Size:   micro (micro)

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Geocache Description:

This is a Micro Cache

Kirkstall Lock  on the Leeds and Liverpool Canal.


 

This is a cache in its own right but forms part of Bramley Falls Un-locked Cache. When you find it you will need to make a note  of the value of the coin inside and where it comes from (EU or UK)

The Leeds and Liverpool Canal is the longest canal in Northern England at 127 miles long. It passes through 92 locks with a summit level of 487 feet.

The engineering of the canal is very different from other Trans-Pennine canals. Most of the locks are concentrated in groups with long level sections between. Tunnels and cuttings are avoided where possible with the canal following the contours round bends and loops. In some sections the distance between points by canal is twice the shortest distance. The earliest locks, between Leeds and Bingley, are often grouped together to form staircases of two or three locks.

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